points of view

I am neither a pro Corona nor anti. Today, I just feel to express my personal points of view of what happened yesterday in the Senate.

After more than four months of presenting evidences, exchanging “hot lines” between the defense and prosecution panels, the “extra-hot-words” from some of the judges for those who stood as witnesses with less evidence to say and show, after the appearance of CJ Corona himself and his “dramatic exit” after his more or less three hours speech on May 22, the “Coronavela scene” when Corona family and Basa siblings reconciled on May 25, atlas, yesterday at 2:20pm, senator judges finally voted of what CJ would be in the next days. 

Impeachment blues:

ENRILE: Can I request for the lady to wind up?

DEFENSOR: I thought I was unlimited, but I will obey.

In Sen. Defensor’s dialogue, she expressed that it’s not only CJ that made a mistake by not declaring the true figures in his SALN. Don’t want to fully express it, but for well have had said your side, kudos to you, Sen. Miriam.

LITO LAPID: “Hindi na po ako magbabanggit ng article, kasi alam ko, walang maniniwala” - for he is just a high school graduate and people might say, he knows nothing about law.

Honesty was there. He maybe just a secondary graduate, but he was able to weigh on his own way - when the impeachment trial was on going and finally done- to the time when his name was called-to vote.  He was so candid of what he was and what he is capable to think and say of. Maka masang pananalita, it truly was; the reason why he is being like by madlang people, I guess.

When CJ Corona did his appearance to Senate on May 22, he signed the waiver for the opening his dollar account, hinamon nya ang ilang public official (Sen. Drilon, to name) to sign the waiver for the opening of his account, too, which I didn’t personally like. Why does he have to point some names? For what, to let the mob know that he isn’t just the one who did the sinful act? ‘Yan ang mahirap sa karamihang pinoy, eh. Pag nahuli na sa paggawa ng mali, saka idadamay ang iba para, oo nga naman, hindi lang sya ang maparusahan, kung saka sakali.

For public officials, if you are not hiding anything from the people, why not declaring the true figures in your SALN?

Well, I’d like to express, too, my admiration for the three senators who voted not guilty for CJ Corona.  They were brave enough to say what they have had said.

In the end, here’s what my tally sheet showed:

Now that Sir Renato C. Corona is condemned, who will be the next Chief Justice after or before three months come? The President of the Philippines and not the People of the Philippines is the one who has the power to choose on who’ll be seated as the next CJ of the highest court. ‘Yan ang aabangan ko. ‘Till next time!